Description: In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises.

Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket's Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but can't get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelley's second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines.

As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy who's playing Santa at the inn's annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelley's ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn.

Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays.

This is a story of four adult children coming home for Christmas. A typical dysfunctional family holiday together.

In my opinion, the plot was a bit choppy and I could have used a little more character development to make me truly care about what was happening in the book. The story ended suddenly and I was hoping for a little more information, unless there is going to be a second Christmas book with this family.

This was only the second book I have read by this author and I was not impressed with this one. I liked my first book, Silver Girl, so much better. Keeping that in mind, I hope to enjoy another book by this author soon.

Left near the front door on the windowsill (the side facing Kohls).

This seasonal read begins its world travels. I hope it makes someone smile.

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